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Definition of Potchers
1. potcher [n] - See also: potcher
Lexicographical Neighbors of Potchers
Literary usage of Potchers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. International Library of Technology: A Series of Textbooks for Persons by International Textbook Company (1905)
"There are many forms of bleaching potchers for bleaching chemical wood fiber made
by the ... Some potchers very much resemble a beating engine (in fact, ..."
2. A Text-book of Paper-making by Charles Frederick Cross, Edward John Bevan (1900)
"Straw and esparto pulps are sometimes bleached in large potchers made of brick
... Many ' potchers ' are provided with steam pipes, whereby the mass of pulp ..."
3. A Text-book of Paper-making by Charles Frederick Cross, Edward John Bevan, J. F. Briggs (1907)
"Straw and esparto pulp are sometimes bleached in large potchers made of ...
Many ' potchers' are provided with steam pipes, whereby the mass of pulp and ..."
4. A Text-book of Paper-making by Charles Frederick Cross, Edward John Bevan, J. F. Briggs (1916)
"... is not a mechanically efficient contrivance, and a better plan is to discharge
the contents of the breakers or potchers, at the earliest possible moment ..."
5. Chapters on Papermaking by Clayton Beadle (1907)
"3000 = 7'5 potchers and Presse-Pâte 10000 = 25'0 Beaters 6000 = 15'0 ... I should
estimate about 3000 gallons are required for drum washing in the potchers, ..."
6. Chapters on Papermaking by Clayton Beadle (1907)
"3000 = 7-5 potchers and Presse-Pate 10000 = 25-0 Beaters 6000 = 15-0 ... I should
estimate about 3000 gallons are required for drum washing in the potchers, ..."
7. Chapters on Papermaking by Clayton Beadle (1907)
"... of washing and bleaching in potchers and passing over ... The potchers should
either be fitted with ..."
8. Progress in Printing and the Graphic Arts During the Victorian Era by John Southward (1897)
"From the breakers the pulp flows into a lower set of engines called the " potchers."
Hitherto the pulp is of the natural colour of the grass, ..."
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